Pessimism

Pessimism is a philosophical or literary category expressing the view that life and existence are fundamentally negative or meaningless.

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This book is a comprehensive survey of French literature from its origins to the end of the nineteenth…

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Unless suffering is the direct and immediate object of life, our existence must entirely fail of its aim.

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Nietzsche critiques human intellect as a mere tool for survival, not a gateway to truth.